Chavara Cultural Centre

Chavara Cultural Centre, Kochi

Established in 1971, by the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. Chavara Cultural Centre-Kochi, a voluntary, non-sectarian, non political institution for study and service, is devoted to the synthesis and development of art and culture and promotion of faith in God and human brotherhood. This organization has always been in the forefront, organizing programs to prepare the youth to face the challenges of life boldly. The Centre has been named after the great missionary Blessed Cyriac Elias Chavara, the founder of C.M.I. Congregation.

Chavara Cultural Centre is run under the supervision of CMI congregation of priests who manage over 1200 educational institutions all over India, including medical colleges,  engineering colleges, management schools, nursing schools, B.Ed colleges, and professional colleges.  Prestigious colleges like Christ College Bangalore,  S.H.College Thevara Kochi, Rajagiri Institutions Kalamasserry,  St. Josephs College Devagiri Kozhikode and institutions like Amala Cancer Research Centre,  Trissur are a few examples. CMI managed social institutions, non-formal education centre’s and cultural centre’s number over 500.

Since Art and Culture constitutes the main feature of Indian Heritage, its maintenance and promotion is vital. This necessity conduced in the formation of a secular institution where people irrespective of caste, class and creed may add another feather to the glowing coronet of Indian Culture.

Chavara Cultural Centre is one such organization with a sole aim of motivating people towards cultural and artistic activities. Youth is the primeval time to inculcate ideas of creativity that would be fruitful henceforth. Chavara Cultural Centre in Kochi realizes the role of youth and encourages them into various functions and cultural programs.